At Shenandoah Mountain Guides, also known as Teamlink, we strive to lead the finest adventuresport education, backcountry trips possible! Through dedicated staff we guide backcountry trips specializing in mountain sports, environmental and outdoor education as well as team development the year round.
So here's a little window into who we are, the trips we lead, and the excitement we inspire!

Friday, July 25, 2008

At 3,291 feet Old Rag mountain is a long hard hike. Although I have hiked it all my life this spring and summer I have had the pleasure of an inordinate amount of time back and forth across the top. The payoff for the strenuous hike is always huge. This year I have enjoyed the bonus write-off of many of these Old Rag summits as training. Training for what the Seattleites refer to as "the mountain". Last week the training paid off and our party of six attained the summit of 14,411 foot Mt. Rainier (without supplemental oxygen! ... which nobody uses). As seen in the pictures the weather was ideal, the conditions and company were incredible. It was a smooth enjoyable ascent and on returning I've begun to wonder one thing. Which mountain was training for which?

Friday, July 11, 2008

About Me

My name is Chad Heddleston and I work as a guide for SMG. Now in the blog's fifth year online, it seems I have gotten more and more personal with my posting so I figured I had better identify myself before I get Andy (the boss) or one of the others in trouble. So, unless otherwise noted, this blog is kept up by Chad. I hope it is a window into some of the things you might see or do if you hire us for a trip. Enjoy, and come along yourself some time.